Wardrobe-trunk.



W. C. LIKLY & J. J. OANNAN,

WARDROBE TRUNK.

APPLICATION FILED FEB. 5, 1910.

Patented Dee-1'2, 1911.

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W. 0. LIKLY & J. J. OANNA'N.

WARDROBE TRUNK.

' APPLICATION HLED FEB. 5, 1910.

Patented Dec. 12, 1911.

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WILLIAM e.- LIKLY 4m) JOHN J. GANNAN, or ROcHRs'rER, NEW YORK, ASSIGNORS T HENRY-LIKLY & 00., or ROCHESTER, Nnw YORK, A CORPORATION or NEW YORK.

WARDROBE-TRUNK.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Dec. 12, 1911.

Application filed February 5,1910; Serial no. 542,214.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, WILLIAM C. LIKLY -and JOHN J. CANNAN, of Rochester, in the county of Monroe and State of New York,

have invented certain new and useful Iniprovements in Wardrobe-Trunks; and we do hereby declare the following to be a full,

clear, and exact description of the same, referen'ce being had to the accompanying drawings,forming a part of the specification, and to the reference-numerals marked thereon.

The present invention relates to wardrobe trunks or other packing casesof the type in which a follower is employed forthe purpose of holding garments or other articles against displacement, an object of the invention being to provide a structure capable of adaptation to any number of garments or other articles the trunk or the like may contain and having provision whereby the follower may be easlly removed or put in place and operated to secure any desired pressure upon the garments, or other articles.

To these and other ends the invention consists in certain improvements and combinations of parts all as will be hereinafter more fully described, the novel features being pointed out'in the claims at the end of the specification.

In the drawings :Figure 1 is an inside view of a wardrobe trunk embodying the present improvements; Fig. 2 is a vertical section through the trunk with the garments held under compression therein and the trunk closed; Fig. 3 is a vertical section of a portion of the trunk, illustrating the manner in which llhe clothes are placed under compression; and Fig. 4 is a detail sectional view'of the upper portion of the trunk section, illustrated in Fig. '3, the garments and the garment hangers being removed from the supporting-slide which is shown extended. e

The invention is herein illustrated as being 46 embodied in a wardrobe trunk comprising 1 two sections 1 and"2 hinged together at one side as at 3. The section 2 in the resent instance is divided into a number 0 compartments in which are arranged slide drawers 4 of-various sizes, while the section 1 preferably has arranged at one end'a supporting member or slide 5 guided on ways 6 and held against entire removal by a band 7 passed about the slide and about a securing member 8 in the casing member '1. The

through' an eye member 14. secured within slide or supporting memberf5 serves to sustain one or more garment hangers 9 which are movably arranged onthe slide, it being apparent that if the slide be withdrawn to the position shown in Fig.4 any one of the garment hangers may be removed therefro or placed in position thereon. I

With the object in View of retaining the .clothes in a pressed condition against movement within the trunk casing and 'at the same time preventing any movement of' the garment hangers there is employed a follower 20 which is preferably removable from the casing and has a pivotal connection with the latter at one side, in this instance in proximity to the garment hangers. This pivotal connection in the present embodiment is formed by providing-two sets of re- .taining devices 10 on opposite sides of the garment hangers, the members of each set being arranged at difierent distances from the wall 18 against which the garments are compressed by'the followers, and being pref erably in the form of hooked teeth on a plate 11 acting as racks. The follower is provided near one end, with projections .or pivots 12 preferably formed by the ends of a bar extending'transversely of the follower, and adapted pivotally and detachably to cooperate each with a tooth on'one of the racks. For the purpose of-seouring the opposite side of the follower and compressing the garmentsthere may be provided a com pressing device-comprising a strap 13 passed 90 the casing beyond the free or swinging end of the follower and adapted to be passed through a.member 15 secured to theouter side of the follower in spaced relation to the swinging end thereof. In com ressing the garments the strap 13, which is eld against slipping on the eye 14 by a rivet 16, is passed over the follower and through the eye 15, thence back again to the buckle l7 inprox- -imity'to the eye 14. It is apparent that if the free end of the strap 13 be now pulled thetension on the strap :will force the follower inward toward. the wall 18 of the casing and thus hold the clothes in a pressed condition.

- The follower is removable to permit the clothes to be reached and may beshifterl to correspond to the number of clothes within the trunk casing. Itspivot point being located in proximity to the garment hangers,

the garments are acted upon in such a directilon that a wrinkling thereof cannot take ace.

The adjusting device is simple in operation and permlts any desired pressure to be imposed upon the clothes with but little efiort on the part of the user of the device. The clothes can thus be maintained in an excellent condition while being easily reached whenever they are desired.

We claim' as our invention.

1. In a wardrobe trunk having a garment hanging compartment, the combination with means for loosely suspending the garments therein, of a rack bar in the upper end of the compartment, a follower suspended thereon and adjustable along the rack at its upper end, and a purchase strap extending between the lower inner side of said compartment and the lower end of the follower for moving said end of the follower inwardly and downwardly.

2. In a wardrobe trunk having a garment the combination i with means for suspending garments loosely i hanging compartment,

therein, and supports secured in the upper I end of the compartment having teeth, of a j follower provided with lateral extensions'at its upper end forming a pivotal connection with said supports, and a purchase strap secured in the rear ofthe compartment at 1 its lower end and cooperating with the lower 1 end-of the follower to move the latter into the compartment and also exert a downward I pull thereon to hold the projections at its upper end in engagement with the teeth on the support.

3. In a wardrobe trunk, the combination with garment hangers loosely suspended I therein, and a rack at the upper end of the trunk, of a follower adjustable thereon and loosely suspended at its upper end on said I rack, an eye located on the follower near its 1 lower end and a purchase strap secured at its lower end to the interior of the trunk below the follower to move the latter in- 1 wardly-and downwardly, a buckle on the strap below the follower, said strap having 1 its upper end looped through the eye and its extremity passing through the buckle.

WILLIAM C. LIKLY. JOHN J. CANNAN.

Witnesses:

Gno. H. WOODWARD, H. MITCHELL. 

